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itsnevereasy said:
Interesting - this is going to be their Rodri “handball” vs Everton moment for this season isn’t it - where they forgot about the offside.
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It is also why they are hated by all other clubs' fans. They have now complained to PGMOL about the decision and Sky insists it is "not sour grapes". Prob good overall as they will be in denial over their inadequacies and the fact that we played them off the Etihad turf.
 
I know it was late in the game but anyone else think that the sheer size of Donnasummer spreading himself helped stop Salah scoring? That would’ve been a goal against Ederson though due to difference in physique?
 
oldius said:
I was surprised that we dominated them in every area of the pitch.
Our front four is incredibly talented, so I understood that they may not be able to keep us out, but we won individual battles everywhere and I think that we destroyed them mentally quite early in the game with several of their players not knowing who to pick up, nor how. If you pick up Doku, you have O'Reilly overlapping and Foden inside. If you pick up Cherki, you have Nunes overlapping. And you have Gonzalez being able to pick them out from deep. We were better individually, physically, tactically, and mentally.
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I think the thing that’s going unnoticed is that we have the legs to have more flexible formations.

When going forward, we definitely have a 4-2-3-1 that can transition into a very aggressive 2-2-6, or a very stable 3-2-5. However, of greater importance is the 4-5-1 we have been collapsing into.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
I think the thing that’s going unnoticed is that we have the legs to have more flexible formations.

When going forward, we definitely have a 4-2-3-1 that can transition into a very aggressive 2-2-6, or a very stable 3-2-5. However, of greater importance is the 4-5-1 we have been collapsing into.
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Yes. I was concerned that we may be overrun in central midfield but the three behind Haaland have all been diligent in their defensive work, augmented by excellent performances from the full-backs.
 
.db. said:
I’m not sure their goal was offside, as in, he was offside but barely interfering… but I’ve only seen it back at half time in the ground.

However, we were owed a decision against them after:

CL games 2018:
Salah was offside for his goal
David Silva was brought down (legs swept from under him), no pen given
Sterling was brought down (legs swept from under him), no pen given
Jesus was onside for that late in the second half disallowed goal that would have given us an away goal.
Milner hand balled it at our place, no pen given
Milner played the ball for the Sané goal meaning Sané wasn’t offside, goal disallowed for offside

Prem Oct18:
Agüero brought down, no pen given

Prem Jan19:
Sterling was fouled by Robertson, no pen given

Prem Nov19:
Alexander-Arnold hand-balled it, clear as day he looked at the ball and stiffened his arm, no pen given and they scored up the other end.
Salah was offside for his goal and VAR wasn’t even used.
Pep has even said that VAR ‘wasn’t working’ in the first half.
Mane pushed Sterling in the back, no pen given.

Prem Oct21:
Milner brought down Foden, no pen given.
Milner twice escaped getting a second yellow (both were bookable offences)

Prem Apr22:
No red cards for either Fabinho or Thiago (Fabinho’s could have been a straight red), then he avoided another yellow for a bookable offence challenge after the yellow he got when he should have been sent off

Prem Oct21:
Ref was letting minor physical contact go ALL game, we score a goal but they disallow it for a minor physical infringement in the build up but then allow four of the same instances of this go in favour of Liverpool throughout the rest of the game.

Prem Nov23:
Dias’ goal was disallowed for a ‘nothing’ infringement on their keeper, Akanji just jumped for the ball and happened to touch the keeper.

I’ve probably missed some…

Wasn’t there a dodgy one in the season we were going to the First Division title with them in 1977?
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Was thinking the very same today, they’ve got some neck moaning to pigmol.
Send that list to the BBC and Sky, I’m sure theyll happily run it all week for us.
 
HypnoticBlue said:
Was thinking the very same today, they’ve got some neck moaning to pigmol.
Send that list to the BBC and Sky, I’m sure theyll happily run it all week for us.
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The more they complain and cry the more it makes every other fanbase hate them even more than they already do. That raises the hatred and passion against them when they play away which is a good thing.
Robinson was not only offside and blocking Donnarumma's view, but by ducking he put him off. If he hadn't have ducked the ball would have hit him. Whoever they have complained to should tell them in no uncertain terms it was the correct decision and give them a warning for such a frivolous complaint.
 
BlueInsomniac said:
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That’s not just a lovely piece of possession football, it’s been designed on the training pitch. They’ll have practiced fuck out of it.

We went very narrow in midfield, using an even smaller “box” than we’ve seen sometimes in other seasons, pulling our wide players into the channel rather than holding width. This pulled the dippers’ midfield into a “bunched” shape and left huge spaces for our full backs (Nunes in this instance) to run into, Pep knowing full well that neither of the dippers’ wide players (Salah and Wirtz) have got a covering run in them and that would leave their full backs hugely exposed.

It’s absolutely superb from a coaching perspective. Slot had no answer to it.
 
paulchapo said:
The more they complain and cry the more it makes every other fanbase hate them even more than they already do. That raises the hatred and passion against them when they play away which is a good thing.
Robinson was not only offside and blocking Donnarumma's view, but by ducking he put him off. If he hadn't have ducked the ball would have hit him. Whoever they have complained to should tell them in no uncertain terms it was the correct decision and give them a warning for such a frivolous complaint.
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Tony or Michael?

I’m sure if we had a goal like that disallowed at 1-0 Down at their place then this place would be arguing the other way. It’s football.

Ultimately we were better and deserved to win which most of the media I have read have acknowledged. The BBC have been gushing with praise the last 24 hrs which is unheard of!
 
Stoned Rose said:
That’s not just a lovely piece of possession football, it’s been designed on the training pitch. They’ll have practiced fuck out of it.

We went very narrow in midfield, using an even smaller “box” than we’ve seen sometimes in other seasons, pulling our wide players into the channel rather than holding width. This pulled the dippers’ midfield into a “bunched” shape and left huge spaces for our full backs (Nunes in this instance) to run into, Pep knowing full well that neither of the dippers’ wide players (Salah and Wirtz) have got a covering run in them and that would leave their full backs hugely exposed.

It’s absolutely superb from a coaching perspective. Slot had no answer to it.
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The very definition of "team goal" right there.
 
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